Climate risk partnership targets physical threats to facilities

Climate X and Mitie have formed a partnership aimed at quantifying the physical risks that extreme weather and climate change pose to commercial property, infrastructure, and operations. The initiative will use advanced modelling to help organisations understand exposure to flooding, overheating, subsidence, and storm damage, enabling more informed investment and resilience planning.

Fleet and facilities managers operating vehicle depots, workshops, charging infrastructure, and field-service bases need to consider how climate hazards might disrupt operations or damage assets. Flooding can put commercial vehicles and EV charging points out of action for weeks, while extreme heat affects driver safety, vehicle reliability, and the performance of electric batteries.

Businesses should integrate climate risk into site selection, lease decisions, and business continuity plans. This is especially relevant when planning EV transition: charging infrastructure represents significant capital investment and must be sited with future climate conditions in mind, not just today's weather patterns. Insurers and lenders are also starting to scrutinise physical climate exposure.

Bluepoppy's Fleet Cost Review includes guidance on siting and specifying EV charging infrastructure across the South West, taking into account operational resilience as well as grid capacity and usage patterns. If you're planning an EV transition or reviewing depot locations, we can help you factor in the practicalities that keep your fleet moving in all conditions.

Bluepoppy view: Climate resilience isn't abstract—it's about keeping vehicles charged, depots dry, and operations running when the weather turns.

Source: FMJ — summarised and written from a Bluepoppy perspective. We don’t reproduce the original article.